by JasonBreininger | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...
The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...
by Mike Benton | Jun 23, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld
#7 : Cruis’n USA After spending two years sitting in arcades with a full driver’s seat, wheel and pedals, Cruis’n USA made it’s way into everybody’s home on the Nintendo 64. Initially intended to go out when the console launched, the game...
by JasonBreininger | May 15, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...
Consoles When any sort of new technology is made available for public consumption, there’s a portion of the population that will resist it and a portion that will embrace it wholeheartedly. Consumers of video games are no different in this regard. 1991 was a couple of...
by Jason Russell | May 4, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld
Two More Retro Minis Announced Retro gaming and the plug & play hardware model sort of go hand in hand and with good reason. Consumers are willing to put up with complexity to have the latest and greatest (virtual reality systems like the Oculus Rift are a...
by Mike Benton | Apr 18, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld
Round 2…Fight! #3 : Mortal Kombat Trilogy After an amazing launch day of two great titles, the follow up release on the Nintendo 64 was…this. Now, Mortal Kombat is a pretty big title, it’s a series that stands tall today with Mortal Kombat X...